Improvement in bottle-stoppers



H P. J. SEYBOLD. Bottle Stopper;

No.1 201,953. P atented A pril2,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK J. SEYBOLD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT l N BOTTLE-STOPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,953, dated April 2,1878; application filed February 8, 1878.

.pers, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention pertains to that class of articles denominated in a generalway bottle-stoppers."

This invention consists of a neck-wire around the neck of a bottle, in agroove on the neck .or beneath the shoulder formed by the head .of thebottle, the two ends of the neck-wire being bent up toward the top andbent across,

so that the two ends conjointly form a hinge or pivot, on which issecured and turns the top plate of the stopper, that rests on top of thebottle.

It also consists of a construction of the flexible pad and of'theprojection from the binding-plate, by which they are securely attache.to each other.

From this top plate, that rests on top of the bottle, is a projectionreaching downward into .the bottle, and to this projection is attached aflexiblepad, usually rubber, this pad being attached to the underprojection on the plate by means of longitudinal slots cut into theunder projection, into which fit corresponding projections in theorifice in the rubber pad, thereby securely holding the rubber to thedownward projection from the top plate. The downward projection from thetop plate is also made in the shape of atrrmcated cone, with the top ofthis truncated cone next :to and joined to the top plate of thefastener. The elasticity of the flexible pad allows it to be stretchedand sprung on this conical under projection, the shape of the projectiontending to hold the rubber securely in its place when once sprung on.The slots in this under projection, into which fit correspondingprojections in the orifice in the flexible pad, render the retention ofthe rubber doubly secure.

I am aware that bottle-stoppers have been previously made with thisunder projection of a conical shape, but with the cone inverted and withthe base of the cone next to the top plate, the same being the reverseof what I have shown and claimed here. In these under projections,previous to my invention, the rubber has been held on them by means of abutton-head or a groove around the under projection, or a screw-threadcut in the same, or some similar device, none of which I use in myinvention, for neither of them affords a mutual lateral support to theprotuberance and pad, because such necks or grooves ex tend entirelyaround them.

' In a bottle stopper and fastener previously invented by me theneck-wire was somewhat similar to the one herein described; but this isan improvement on that.

In the previous invention the neck-wire ex tended about halfway aroundthe bottle, one endbein gformed into aloop or bendfor the locking-leverto turn on, and the other end turned up and formed into a hinge for thetop plate to turn on, while in this present invention the neck-wireextends entirely, or almost entirely, around the bottle unbroken, thetwo ends being bent up and across, so as to form a complete hinge orpivot, on which the top plate turns, the two ends being sprung into ahole in the same.

The exact difference between this and my a Figure l is an diagonal viewof .my stopper and fastener on a bottle-neck. In this figure R is aneck-wire, extending around, or nearly around, the bottle. D are theends of the same, turned up toward the top of the bottle, where they areturned across, so as to form a hinge or pivot. (Shown more clearly at P,Fig. 4.) B is the top plate, hinged at P to the neck-wire R. E is anopen link, with the two ends sprung into the top plate B opposite thepoints P. This link is seen more fully in Fig. 5. G is a lever suspendedin this link, which passes through a hole or slot in the lever G. ,Thislever G is forked atone end, so as to catch over the bend S of theneck-wire, which forms afulcrum, on which the lever turns in carryingthe lower end of the link down below the bend S on the neck-wire, and inback of the point of attachment of the samewith the lever G, where thelink remains on the eccentric principle. A is a bottle-neck. F is asmall binding-wire, that holds the neck-wire R securely on thisbottle-neck. O is the top of the flexible pad, attached to the plate Bby means of the projection H on plate B inserted into a cavity in theflexible pad 0.

Fig. 2 is a side view of a bottle neck containing my stopper andfastener, showing the same in an open position. In this figure, L is thefork on the end of the lever G, that catches over the fulcrum S of theneck-wire B. H is the under projection from the plate B that projectsinto the flexible pad 0.

Fig. 3 shows the lever G. In this figure, M shows a slot in the lever,into which the link E, Fig. 5, is passed, and held there by bending thepoint T around the link E.

Fig. 4 is a top and front view of the neckwire R off of a bottle. Inthis figure it will be seen that the two ends of the neck-wire at thepoints U are drawn closer together than at the points P. Thisconstruction prevents the binding-wire F from sliding upward toward thepoints P.

plate 13, showing that projection to be a truncated cone, with the apexjoined on the plate B. J are slots or cavities cut into this underprojection. In theseslots or cavities J fit protuberances, which areformed on the inside of the orifice in the flexible pad.

Fig. 7 shows the plate B, the same as in Fig. 6, excepting that in Fig.7 the under projection H is shown in the form of a cylinder instead ofthe form of a cone.

Fig. 8 is a top View of a horizontal section on the line J J, Figs. 6and 7, showing distinctly the slots or orifices J cut into the underprojection H.

Fig. 9 is a top View of a horizontal section on the line Q Q, Fig. 10,of the flexible pad 0, showin g the protuberances in the orifice of theflexible pad clearly at K, 0 being the cavity.

Fig. 10 is a face view of a vertical section through the flexible pad 0.In this figure, O is the cavity in the flexible pad, into which issprung the under projection H on the plate B. In this figure, (10,) Kare the protuberancesprotrud'ing into theorifice 0, so that when thefiexible pad 0 is sprung on the under projection H the protuberances Kin the orifice O of the flexible pad will project into the orifices J inthe under projection H of the plate B, Figs. 6 and 7.

The operation of this fastener is as follows: The different parts beingconstructed as described, and being properly put together, as shown inFig.2, the plate B is revolved on the hinge P across the top of thebottle, when the flexible pad 0 protrudes into the orifice in the neckof the bottle. The lever G is then carried down, and the fork L of thesame placed on the fulcrum S, and the lever turned downward until thelower end of the same strikes against the side of the bottle, at whichtime the lower end of the link E will have fallen in behind the point ofattachment of the lever G and fulcrum S, where it will remain securelylocked on the eccentric principle.

What I claim as new and as of my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. The under projection H, constructed with the longitudinal slot ororifice J in one or more portions of its perimeter, as and for the thepurpose set forth.

2. The flexible pad 0, constructed with the orifice O and one or morelongitudinal protuberances, K, in combination with thelongitudinally-slotted under projection H, the slots and protnberancesbeing in portions of the perimeter, asandvfor the purpose set forth.

3. The neck-wire R,constructed so that the two ends of the wire form ahinge or pivot, on which the top plate of the stopper or fastener turns,and constructed with a bend opposite the points U U on the neck-wire B,so that the bend forms a fulcrum, on which the locking-lever of thefastener may turn, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of a binding-plate, having eye-connections, with thelink E, lever G, and neck-wire R, having bend S, bends U U, extensionsD, and ends P, as and for the purpose set forth.

FREDERICK J. SEYBOLD.

Witnesses CARRIE KINTZING, ADOLPH RAMMJ-DLKAMP.

